The Peoples Republic of Carsaig is a gargantuan, genial nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 26.309 billion Carsaigians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cnoc na Faire . The average income tax rate is 96.0%.

The Carsaigian economy, worth a remarkable 2,055 trillion ripovs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 78,113 ripovs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, noises louder than a whisper have been prohibited by law, and the fire protection service is wholly government-funded. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carsaig's national animal is the haggis, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.